**This book was reviewed for Troubadour Publishing/Matador via Netgalley Bees Make Honey and Butterflies Make Jam by John Offord is an amusing collection of tongue-in-cheek tales. Several of the stories turn fairy-tale tropes on their heads. One of these is the story of The Princess and the Frog. Offord’s version even makes a play […]
*This book was purchased by me for my own use, with no expectations of a review to be given. Writing Fight Scenes is one of Rayne Hall’s many super-specialised writingcraft books. As the name suggests, this one covers the myriad aspects of constructing fight scenes. There are several chapters with topics ranging from types […]
*This book was reviewed via Lola’s Blog Tours Destiny of the Queen, third in the Brajj series by Jacqueline Patricks, concludes the entrancing tale of Cass Baros, Jeamon, and Captain Lewis. Through time untold, and across distance unfathomable, Captain Lewis and Ta’mat have been thrown into the future of the multiverse by an unstable […]
This week was a bit more productive than last week. Still fighting the chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia. Widespread pain for * no effin,’ reason* sucks. Still, even when there’s not energy for physical activity, I am always able to read! Spent a lot of time nested with good books over the week. I did have a bit […]
*This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours ***Warning- graphic depictions of rape Patricks’ Dreams of the Queen is an out of this world adventure quite unlike any other. First of The Brajj Trilogy, it has a very Dr Whovian and Stargate-esque nature. Cassiopeia Baros is a physicist at MIT working on a […]
This is my stop during the blog tour for Destiny of the Queen by Jacqueline Patricks. This blog tour is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The blog tour runs from 29 May till 11 June. See the tour schedule here. Destiny of the Queen (The Brajj #3) By Jacqueline Patricks Genre: Science Fiction […]
This week was a slower week than last. Being sick’ll do that to ya. Still, several books read, reviewed and posted/scheduled, and a rarity for me- a book I just gave up on, and didn’t finish. *Dreams of the Queen by Jacqueline Patricks, 4 ? *Solomon Bull by Clayton Lindemuth, 4 ? *Black Bead by […]
This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review Aah, but this show, one of the first big serial paranormal dramas, shaped a large chunk of my teenage years. I’ve always loved the unknown, the unexplained, the unusual. There’s a great deal of philosophy embedded in the X-Files, to be sure. The X-Files […]
This book was reviewed for Port Jericho *Warning/ Age Level Advisory: some scenes of graphic sexual nature Terry’s Coming Darkness is a story of loss, and change, of beginnings and endings. In a very Supernatural-esque way, God is gone from Heaven, and without his ordering guidance, things are beginning to unravel. Angels […]
This egalley was reviewed for Dragon Gypsy Publishing via Netgalley Happiness is an elusive beastie, that responds better to gentleness than brute force. In Are We Happy Yet?, Kamen will teach you how to tame that shy, skittish creature we call happiness, and aid you in cultivating a permanent relationship with it. Kamen […]